Aline Lahoud

Aline Lahoud
Aline Lahoud (2009)
Background information
Birth name	Aline Lahoud
Born	(1986-03-02) March 2, 1986
Origin	Lebanon
Genres	Pop, Soul
Occupations	Singer
Website	http://www.alinelahoud.com

Aline Lahoud (Arabic: الين لحود‎) (born 2 March 1986^{[citation needed]}) is a Lebanese singer, and the daughter of well-known singer Salwa Al Katrib and producer Nahi Lahoud. She was selected to sing for Lebanon at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, where the nation had been due to make its debut in the competition. However, she was forced to miss out following Lebanon's abrupt decision to withdraw.

Early life

Aline honed her natural talent by studying singing and dramatic art between 1997 and 1999. By 2002, she had graduated from the university with a BA in Communication Arts, majoring in Screenplay and Directing Studies. In recent years, she has supplemented her burgeoning singing career by acting in plays, directing short films, and in 2003 moved on to work as assistant director on a full length film, Mes Cousines et Moi.

Career

Eurovision attempt

At a time when the idea of Lebanon finally taking up its right to enter the Eurovision Song Contest was being seriously floated, Aline left herself ideally placed to be one of the beneficiaries by winning the international prize at the Megahit festival in Turkey, in collaboration with prolific song-writer Jad Rahbani. The Lebanese selectors quickly looked to the same combination to conjure up some of the same magic on the Eurovision stage in Kiev.

Reflecting Lebanon's long-standing place in the international francophone orbit, the lyrics of the country's proposed first Eurovision entry were in French, a language in which Aline is fluent. The song was entitled "Quand tout s'enfuit", and as a debut entry would have begun its quest for victory in the semi-final on 19 May, from which only ten entries will progress to join the pre-qualified countries in the grand final on 21 May. The late decision to withdraw was taken after the Lebanese broadcasters conceded to the European Broadcasting Union that they could not guarantee they would uphold the fairness of the event by transmitting it without selective interruption, an implicit reference to the requirement of screening the performance of Shiri Maymon, the representative of Israel.

After Eurovision

Aline Lahoud won in 2005, "the Charles Trenet International Trophee" in France. In 2006 she played in the musical of Elias Rahbani " Jawharat al aalam " in Qatar. In 2009, she performed at the "Festival international de Baalbeck" with Caracalla dance group. In 2009 and 2010 she played acting roles for LBC television and Future TV in Doctor Hala" and Al taer el Maksour respectively and also played in "Nihayate Helm" a Lebanese film by Father Fady Tabet in 2009.She sung in Beverly Hills Hotel (Los Angeles) invited by the Lebanese communauty (April 2010). She also performed a role on Dubai TV in " Abwab al Ghaym", and "Inaha tahhtalou zakirati"(Futur TV 2010).

External links

• Aline official website